DOWNLOADABLE VIDEO:  2009 Final Round

Motion: “This house would eliminate executive pardons.”

Opening Gov:  Hart House  (Freeman/Lizius)

Opening Opp:  Middle Temple  (Cochran/Warents)

Closing Gov:  Oxford University  (Maynard/Worsnip)

Closing Opp:  Loyola Marymount  (Kiley/Schwab)

2008 Round Robin Tab Sheet

2007 Round Robin Tab Sheet

Feel free to join the group.

We only need 14 judges, but we hope to have a few extras.  Decisions regarding the remaining judges will be made shortly.

Just a few selected accomplishments of the teams attending:

➢ 3 Quarterfinalist teams at the World Championships
➢ Semi-finalists at the World Championships
➢ 2 Finalist teams at the Canadian National Championships
➢ Finalists at the US National Championships
➢ Finalists at the North American Championships
➢ Finalists at the Southern African Championships
➢ Finalists at the Oxford IV
➢ The second breaking ESL team at Worlds
➢ The ESL World Champions
➢ Finalists at the World Championship
➢ The Canadian National Champions
➢ The US National Champions
➢ The All-Asian Tournament Champions

Motion: “This house would establish an international force to arrest those indicted by the International Criminal Court.”

Opening Gov: Harvard University
Opening Opp: Oxford University
Closing Gov: The Claremont Colleges
Closing Opp: Hart House

(This debate starts at about the 4 minute mark.)

Motion: This house supports requiring community service for graduation from high school.

Opening Gov: McGill University
Opening Opp: Harvard University
Closing Gov: Harvard University
Closing Opp: Yale University

Additionally, there will be beautiful speaker awards for the top three speakers. There will also be an award issued in recognition of excellent judging.

2010 Tournament Schedule:

Thursday, April 1

6:30 – 8:00 pm	Dinner reception at the home of President Mark D. Gearan
9:00 – midnight	A night on the town with HWS Debate Team

Friday, April 2

10:00 – noon	Trip to the Women’s Right National Park
noon – 1:00 pm	Lunch at Ventosa Vinyards
2:00 – 4:00 pm	Registration at the Ramada on the Lake
4:15 pm	Vans leave for Ramada for HWS
4:40 – 5:10 pm	Welcoming Remarks (Stern 103)
5:15 – 7:00 pm	Round One (Stern Hall)
7:00 – 8:30 pm	Dinner with the Provost in the Faculty Dining Room
8:30 – 10:15 pm	Round Two (Stern Hall)
10:30 – 12:00 midnight	Wine Tasting Party at the Kappa Alpha Society

Saturday, April 3

7:00 – 8:30 am	Buffet Breakfast provided at the Ramada
8:40 am	Depart for HWS (take your own car or the HWS van)
9:00 – 10:45 am	Round Three (Stern Hall)
11:00 – 12:30 pm	Round Four (Stern Hall)
12:30 – 1:15 pm	Lunch (Stern Lobby)
1:15 – 2:45 pm	Round Five (Stern Hall)
2:45 – 3:00 pm	Wardrobe Change (in marked rooms)
3:00 – 3:15 pm	Finalist Teams and Final Round Motion Announced (Stern 103)
3:15 – 3:30 pm	Walk to Vandervort Room in the Scandling Center
3:30 – 4:45 pm	Final Round (Vandervort Room)
5:00 – 7:00 pm	Banquet and Awards at the Cobblestone Restaurant

Logan Balavijendran will be heading up the adjudication team, and we will be bringing in other top judges from around the world. With our new method of assigning judges, the tournament requires only 14 judges in total, so we can easily assure competitors that the judging will be of unparalleled quality.

Previous Winners

2008 Round Robin
Team Awards First Place Harvard Lewis Bollard Cormac Early Second Place Claremont Charlie Sprague Kari Wohlschlegel Finalist Hart House John Ashbourne Alexandar Levy Finalist Oxford Lewis Turner Alex Worsnip	Speaker Awards First Place Lewis Turner Oxford Second Place Alexander Levy Hart House Third Place Alex Worsnip Oxford

2007 Round Robin
Team Awards First Place Yale Adam Chilton David Denton Second Place Harvard Cormac Early Allen Ewalt Finalist McGill Leon Grek Susannah Patton Finalist Harvard Lewis Bollard Rezwan	Speaker Awards First Place Adam Chilton Yale Second Place David Denton Yale Third Place Cormac Early Harvard